Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republican Governor Thomas Meskill, who opposed such a tax, allowed it to become law. The infuriated citizens of Connecticut staged a spontaneous revolt; they swamped both Governor and legislators with letters, telegrams and petitions demanding repeal of the tax. The state's politicians took alarm and last week convened a special session of the legislature to reconsider...
Anger ought to be an alarm system that warns us of our deepest concerns...
...Union. Washington acted to put the Peking trip into global perspective, emphasizing that the U.S. had not lost sight of the importance of its relations with the U.S.S.R. in preventing nuclear war. Yet a diplomatic minuet was required to get the point across. Moscow, apparently determined to express no alarm over the 'Washington-Peking rapprochement, did not seek a U.S. explanation-and Rogers was reluctant to summon the Soviet ambassador. But Anatoly Dobrynin's visit to the State Department on a routine matter gave U.S. officials a convenient opportunity to invite him to stop by Rogers' office...
...invaded Cambodia, the talks, though suspended, were not cut off. Peking's response was exceptionally restrained, considering its past responses to American military moves. Nor did the invasion of Laos unduly upset the Chinese. By this time, it was the North Vietnamese who were disturbed, reacting with alarm to the mildness shown by their ally. Chou En-lai led a delegation to Hanoi to reassure them...
...those artists a chance to construct ambitious works beyond the technological limits of their own studios. A total of 76 artists were introduced to a list of companies that ranged from Kaiser Steel to Ampex, from General Electric to Disneyland. Reactions to the proposed matings ranged from disdain to alarm. But eventually some 20 projects were realized...